Weekly Bestsellers, 7 September 2020

YA anthology Star Wars The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (Disney Lucasfilm), with stories by Lou Anders, Rebecca Roanhorse, Yoon Ha Lee, and others, ranks this week on the Publishers Weekly list.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.13
LAT
09.06
USAT
08.30
PW
09.07
Amz
(09.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.07)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Clare, Chain of Gold 03.02.20 / 28 6 =   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 04.13.20 / 22     28 -8 3 = 83 -18 xxx xxx
Heddle, Star Wars The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark 09.07.20 / 1       13 ++      
King, If It Bleeds 04.13.20 / 22 15 = xxx.. xx 11 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Meyer, Midnight Sun 05.25.20 / 16     1 = 1 = 5 = 16 -8 xxx
Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic 07.13.20 / 9 12 -2 6 -5 x 15 +1      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition 04.01.19 / 48     xxx.. 14 +4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.13
LAT
09.06
USAT
08.30
PW
09.07
Amz
(09.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.07)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (UK) 01.09.17 / 99           87 + xxx..
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 154 7 +8 x xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Atwood, The Testaments [tpb] 08.24.20 / 3           54 -11  
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 348   xxx.. 49 -4 xxx.. x xxx.. xxx..
Butler, Parable of the Sower [tpb] 07.06.20 / 5 14 ++ x          
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 142   xxx.. 57 +1 xxx.. xx   xxx..
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 [tpb] 08.17.20 / 4       9 =      
Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow [tpb] 09.07.20 / 1   10 ++          
Morgenstern, The Starless Sea [tpb] 08.17.20 / 4   xx   19 +3      
Ogawa, The Memory Police [tpb] 08.24.20 / 2   3 +          
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 75     80 -7   xx xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 452   xxx.. 34 =   48 -17 x 65 +
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 70 15 + 5 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             86 +  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 57     121 = xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 224           xxx.. 64 +17
Ruff, Lovecraft Country [tpb] 08.17.20 / 4 4 +1   109 -4   xx    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.13
LAT
09.06
USAT
08.30
PW
09.07
Amz
(09.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.07)

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.


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